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Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Industry Super Australia wants a "better off test" requiring banks and other financial services providers to demonstrate that switching a member's superannuation will be beneficial. Additionally the representative group is calling for banks to ban all ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australia private sector credit Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures showed that the annual growth in private sector credit slowed from 6.0% in July to 5.8% in August - the slowest rate since October 2014. Except for the bumps in December 2015 and ...

J.P. Morgan overtakes NAS in AUC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
J.P. Morgan has overtaken NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) as the largest overall provider in the custody market, following further declines in assets under custody (AUC) for NAS. The figures published by the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Australian residential property prices Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed residential property prices in the country's eight capital cities rebounded by 2.0% in the June quarter. Although this is less than market expectations ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
US housing market index The NAHB housing market index rose to a reading of 65 in September, a sharp improvement from the previous month's 59 level. This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown will no longer serve on the AFA board of directors after another high-profile industry figure was elected as vice-president. Former AFA president Michael Nowak will take over from Brown in a board restructure that sees ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

Enrolments point to adviser growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
New figures from education provider Kaplan Professional suggest a greater number of people are embracing financial advice as a career. Data from the end of August showed there was close to a 30% increase in financial services enrolments compared to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... July, higher than market expectations for a 0.8% rise but this was on the back of the sharp downward revision in June's figure from up 0.2% to down 0.8%. Without the June downgrade, pending home sales would have increased by a slight 0.2% in July. Year-on-year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... decline. This is the first expansion in three months and the fastest rate of increase since October last year. However, July's figure had been exaggerated by aircraft orders - non-defense aircraft and parts (up 89.9% in July); defense aircraft and parts ...